Dentist office addition

[mark handler]

This Business, and the addition must comply with the ADA. I know you guys do not enforce it, but You should not mislead the dentist.

Businesses that provide goods or services to the public are called "public accommodations" in the ADA. The ADA establishes requirements for 12 categories of public accommodations, which include stores, restaurants, bars, service establishments, theaters, hotels, recreational facilities, private museums and schools, doctors' and dentists' offices, shopping malls, and other businesses. Nearly all types of businesses that serve the public are included in the 12 categories, regardless of the size of the business or the age of their buildings. Businesses covered by the ADA are required to modify their business policies and procedures when necessary to serve customers with disabilities and take steps to communicate effectively with customers with disabilities. The ADA also requires businesses to remove architectural barriers in existing buildings and make sure that newly built or altered facilities are constructed to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. "Grandfather provisions" often found in local building codes do not exempt businesses from their obligations under the ADA.

The reason we have so many lawsuits is we, code officials, do not clearly inform the business owners, we try to find a way around accessibility

 

[jar546]

This Business, and the addition must comply with the ADA. I know you guys do not enforce it, but You should not mislead the dentist.Businesses that provide goods or services to the public are called "public accommodations" in the ADA. The ADA establishes requirements for 12 categories of public accommodations, which include stores, restaurants, bars, service establishments, theaters, hotels, recreational facilities, private museums and schools, doctors' and dentists' offices, shopping malls, and other businesses. Nearly all types of businesses that serve the public are included in the 12 categories, regardless of the size of the business or the age of their buildings. Businesses covered by the ADA are required to modify their business policies and procedures when necessary to serve customers with disabilities and take steps to communicate effectively with customers with disabilities. The ADA also requires businesses to remove architectural barriers in existing buildings and make sure that newly built or altered facilities are constructed to be accessible to individuals with disabilities. "Grandfather provisions" often found in local building codes do not exempt businesses from their obligations under the ADA.

The reason we have so many lawsuits is we, code officials, do not clearly inform the business owners, we try to find a way around accessibility

I have seen that first hand and can attest that to be a problem, at least where I do code officiating.

To complicate thing, the OP is in Pennsylvania which is the land of unhappy people who call on public officials to intervene when us nasty code officials ask them to comply with state and federal rules. This is and has been a pathetic mess.

 

[Mr. Inspector]

I have seen that first hand and can attest that to be a problem, at least where I do code officiating. To complicate thing, the OP is in Pennsylvania which is the land of unhappy people who call on public officials to intervene when us nasty code officials ask them to comply with state and federal rules. This is and has been a pathetic mess.

You are so right!

 

[MASSDRIVER]

" To complicate thing, the OP is in Pennsylvania which is the land of unhappy people who call on public officials to intervene when us nasty code officials ask them to comply with state and federal rules. This is and has been a pathetic mess."

That's why this crappy unconstitutional artificial discrimination construed abortion should be recinded in whole and applied as code enforcement by the states.

Brent